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Hand coiled pottery by Rob Sutherland
My formal art training
was at Dartington College of Art in Devon, England, but as a potter
I'm largely self taught. In 2005 I started exploring a range of
pottery making methods and found that hand building was the method
that suited me. In particular, the technique of coiling. This
involves building a pot layer by layer. Each coil is melded into
the coil below and is pinched, squeezed, moulded and scraped into
shape. I enjoy the slow pace of this method which allows a considered
response to the form as it grows. Some pots, once leatherhard
are carved by hand to introduce surface decoration. I work with
a variety of stoneware clays and use a combination of glaze, raw
oxides and lustres for colour. I use an electric kiln and fire
to 1220 degrees Centigrade.
My influences are grounded in nature, from lichens growing on
rock to beach smoothed pebbles. I'm interested in the linear edges
created by water meeting land, Zen Buddhist dry gardens, fossils,
mineral seams in rock, and the stone-like appearance of lichens.
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